MSP backs call for support

North East MSP Christian Allard with Roy Mitchell during a visit to Drimmies Farm

Published:15:58Wednesday 30 September 2015

North-East MSP Christian Allard recently announced he is backing the Scottish Government’s call for retailers to provide more support to local farmers.

The Scottish Government is currently urging retailers to show their support to local farmers by sourcing Scottish products instead of importing goods.

The Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and the Environment, Richard Lochhead, has recently written to many of the major high street coffee retailers calling on them to commit to using Scottish milk and other produce in a bid to show their support to local farmers.

Mr Allard has also joined the Scottish Government’s pleas to retailers and has written to several supermarkets urging them to promote and sell products from Scottish farmers.